| 16. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Ezekiel 20:16:1 ⧉יַ֜עַןyaanbecause Ezekiel 20:16:2 ⧉בְּמִשְׁפְּטַ֣יbemishpetaiin my judgments Ezekiel 20:16:3 ⧉מָאֵ֗סוּmaesuthey rejected Ezekiel 20:16:4 ⧉וְאֶת־חֻקּוֹתַי֙veetkhukotaiand my statutes Ezekiel 20:16:5 ⧉לֹא־הָלְכ֣וּlohalekhuthey did not walk Ezekiel 20:16:6 ⧉בָהֶ֔םbahemin them Ezekiel 20:16:7 ⧉וְאֶת־שַׁבְּתוֹתַ֖יveetshabbetotaiand my Sabbaths Ezekiel 20:16:8 ⧉חִלְּל֑וּkhilleluthey profaned Ezekiel 20:16:9 ⧉כִּ֚יkifor Ezekiel 20:16:10 ⧉אַחֲרֵ֣יakhareafter Ezekiel 20:16:11 ⧉גִּלּוּלֵיהֶ֔םgillulehemtheir idols Ezekiel 20:16:12 ⧉לִבָּ֖םlibbamtheir heart Ezekiel 20:16:13 ⧉הֹלֵֽךְ׃holekhwent |
| 16. Formal Translation Because they despised my {Yahweh, Sovereign Judge} judgments and did not walk in my statutes, but they profaned my Sabbaths; for their heart went after their idols. |
| 16. Dynamic Translation This happened because they rejected my {Yahweh, Faithful Protector} rulings and refused to live by my laws. They also treated my Sabbaths as unholy, since their hearts chased after their idols. |